Fringed polygala

And nothing on cultivation, in wikipedia.

http://ontariowildflowers.com/main/speci... > this website has lovely photos.

Also I've seen thousands of gardens, and never this plant.

That I'm in the process of. I've been on hundreds of hikes through the woods around my area and have never seen them, then I go across the road(an empty lot/woodland) and there it is! I agree, it's beautiful.

It's a beautiful flower...I wonder if it can be cultivated...

Yeah really!! and its more like 5 months ^ flowered in May.

oh wow, much better than waiting 4 months :)

Awesome NatralList! Thanks for the I.D. It's such a gorgeous little ground-cover and I found it last year, I'm so glad it's a native.

No worries then, we'll wait :)

I highly doubt its an orchid, i transplanted this from across the road, and its a perennial, ground-cover. It will be there in spring, I'll have another spotting of this in 3-4 months.

From that distance I believe it's an orchid. It would be very helpful if you could go back and snap a flower close up. Canada has lots of native orchid species, and here there 's a nice catalog, wich contains information and pictures for every single one of them...
http://www.osrbg.ca/orchid_native.html